Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold A Group of Veteran’s Stick

A Group of Veteran’s Stick Pins

USS Louisville helped to sink the bow section of the Japanese battleship Fusō

The two-piece leather chinstrap has been lost to time as well

Ordinary Seaman and Able Seaman

with two holes on the side for mounting

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold A Group of Veteran’s Stick(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse with a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a bayonet and stick grenade, within a square oak leaf wreath, with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides, and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a magnetic metal centerpiece backer, the